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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elvis - Presliad (Comprising sections Elvis Moves Out through Finale).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marcus claim in "The Band" is not community?
(a) Family.
(b) America.
(c) Friendship.
(d) The Band.

2. What two lines from an Elvis song does Marcus claim are the most perfect lines in blues?
(a) "That's All Right" and "My Baby Left Me" (155).
(b) "I'm gonna quit my crying / I'm gonna leave you alone" (152).
(c) "If you don't believe I'm leavin' / You can count the days I'm gone" (152).
(d) "I tried and I failed / And I feel like going home" (154).

3. Who wrote "Whispering Pines"?
(a) Robert Levon.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Richard Manuel.
(d) Robbie Robertson.

4. Staggerlee and Sly Stone are both powerful, but what is different about them?
(a) Staggerlee worked his way to the top.
(b) Staggerlee had no emotion.
(c) Sly bought his fame.
(d) Sly did not kill anyone to get power.

5. In what voice does Newman sing his songs?
(a) The character's.
(b) The storyteller's.
(c) The audience.
(d) His own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sang "I tried and I failed / And I feel like going home" (154)?

2. According to Marcus, what did Staggerlee represent to the black community?

3. In "Robert Johnson - 1938," why do some of Robert Johnson's contemporaries say that Johnson sold his soul to the devil?

4. Why was Newman's choice of voice "dangerous"?

5. In the introduction to "Elvis," Marcus claims that Elvis epitomizes what?

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